This Misery of Boots

Name: This Misery of Boots
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: H. G. Wells
ISBN: 9798874714154

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: Chris MacDonnell

Unabridged: 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 03/12/2024

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

This Misery of Boots is the expansion of a 1905 essay by H.G. Wells. He presents a very interesting view of society based on Wells’ observations on boots and the misery they cause to those unable to purchase well-fitting and well-designed boots. He advocates socialism as a way to solve this and other problems. He puts forward arguments that add a voice of support to working-class people of his time. Wells was an avowed socialist.

About H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells (1866–1946) was born in Bromley, Kent, and was apprenticed to a draper and a chemist before he made his way to the Royal College of Science where he studied biology. He was a prolific writer of contemporary novels, history, and social commentary. As an advocate of progress and peace, his writing changed in later years as he began to examine suffrage, the trials of life, particularly for the lower and middle classes, and the emergence of feminist ideals that pushed against the constraints of a largely patriarchal society.

About Chris MacDonnell

Chris MacDonnell is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a classically trained actor and voice artist whose theater credits include London’s West End and the Royal National Theatre, British TV shows, BBC Radio drama, commercials, and films. He is also a published poet and has written comedy and drama for television shows.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adam

A quite excellent little argument for socialism. Has less propaganda than most texts designed to convince you of a particular ideology. Worth the read at least to just make you think in a new way. Makes you wonder what socialism means though and what that should look like.......more

Goodreads review by Willy

Find a copy of this essay here This Misery of Boots......more

Goodreads review by Shelley

I learned about the existence of this excellent little book from an excerpt in a biography of H.G. Wells. It's worth reading in full and would be very interesting topic for discussion in school class or book group. It's very short but oh so succinct in addressing the problems we still live with toda......more

Goodreads review by Javier

Una curiosa visión de los problemas sociales. Quizá un poco repetitivo en algunos momentos a pesar de ser tan corto.......more

Goodreads review by Emilio

Tus zapatos son amarillos?......more